Weekend in Oslo

Norway’s capital has world-class museums and galleries, a thriving café culture and topnotch restaurants – all complemented by a buzzing waterfront and the great outdoors.

Oslo Opera House, opened in 2008, is designed to resemble a glacier

Friday

1 OSLO OPERA HOUSE

This centrepiece of the massive redevelopment project sweeping the waterfront precinct is fast becoming one of the iconic modern buildings of Scandinavia. Before venturing inside be sure to walk up onto the roof, a ‘carpet’ of sloping angles and flat surfaces. It’s free to enter the foyer; to venture further, join a lunchtime guided tour (operaen.no; Kirsten Flagstads Plass 1; tour £9).

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